Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:06:14 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by: |
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:57:41 -0700 Scott Preece wrote:
> On 6/2/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > ... > > +The Signed-off-by: tag implies that the signer was involved in the development > --- > > Change "implies" to "indicates" - it's an explicit statement, not an > implication. > > --- > > +of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path. > > + > > +If a person was not directly involved in the preparation or handling of a > > +patch but wishes to signify and record their approval of it then they can > > +arrange to have an Acked-by: line added to the patch's changelog. > > + > > +Acked-by: is often used by the maintainer of the affected code when that > > +maintainer neither contributed to nor forwarded the patch themselves. > --- > > This using plural pronouns for indefinite gender leaves one in vague > territory, but I think "themself" would be better than "themselves, > since "maintainer" is singular.
ugh. :( not-acked-by: /me
I would like to say "no such word," but I googled it and found lots of references to it, most of which say "sub-standard," "nonstandard," "mythical," "vulgar," or "colloq." But my search was not exhaustive.
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